Wadi Musa is the base for your visit to PetraIt’s quite a pleasant small town, but like any highly touristed destination, all the prices are severely escalated. Everything is negotiable, everywhere.
The historic site is at the bottom of the town, and indeed, in general, the closer to the site, the higher the prices are.
One place worth a visit is The Cave Bar - possibly the oldest bar in the World dating back to 1BC. They might still be serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks but a they now also show football on a big screen. It is now part of the Petra Guesthouse complex just in front of the entrance-way to Petra.
I base myself at the Petra Gate Hotel close to the Shaheed roundabout. The ensuite single was negotiated at JD15 including breakfast and free Wi-Fi. At the time of writing, it’s the cheapest place i can find in town.
The restaurants that cluster around the roundabout are all much the same, although my personal faves include The Turkish Restaurant, Cleopatra’s and Al-Wadi’s. Half a chicken with bread and pickles cost JD2.50 and the Sanabel Automatic Bakery and Pastry shop do tasty pizzas for JD1.
There are two ATMs just up the road from the roundabout.
There are taxis that go round town, but none have metres. I persuade one to take me from the Visitor's Entrance to the roundabout for JD1 but it was a struggle.
There is one bus a day to Karak departing at 12pm, but you can get one of the regular buses to Amman that will drop you off on the highway 33kms from the town where you can get a bus or hitch a ride.
glowing red at sunset
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